Jeff Bezos Quotes

Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they're going to make mistakes.

We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.

If I'm doing something I know I can pull off, then that's not the book I should be writing.

If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.

You'll never do anything creative, innovative or world changing if you fear criticism. Pioneers are easy targets for arrows!

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself.

I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn.

I'm not an artist, and I want to take risks, and when the possibility of failure occurs, it's because the idea is all exciting or interesting as a high wire act, and sometimes you've got to fall off, just by virtue of the fact that you're constantly trying to evolve and do new things.

I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

People have laughed at all great inventors and discoverers.

Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves.

As a writer, you owe it to yourself not to get stuck in a rut of looking at the world in a certain way.

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

I think you're always trying to challenge yourself to do new things and not repeat yourself.

Somebody can say they don't understand why somebody drifts. But I've always found people who drift interesting, 'cause it shows me the game's not stagnant in their own head. They're thinking.

The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.

To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas.

I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.

I think I learned most from editing, both editing myself and having someone else edit me. It's not always easy to have someone criticize your work, your baby. But if you can swallow your ego, you can really learn from the editing.

Discover your own style. Don't try to repeat what has already been written - have the courage to do your own thing and don't be afraid to do something different.

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced.

Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.